Letter to the editor

Capitalism needs moral defense

It was nice to see Sara Triplett’s moral argument against
minimum wage laws (“Raising minimum wage restricts worker,
employer rights,” Jan. 9).

The economic case against minimum wage laws was made
successfully long ago, but nobody cared.

People are persuaded by morality, not economics. What
laissez-faire capitalism has lacked for too long is a righteous
moral defense.

Articles like Triplett’s help remind everyone of what even
a child is supposed to understand ““ that all human
interaction should be strictly voluntary.

Daniel O’Connor Graduate student, applied
mathematics